White v. United States

ORDER

Robert White moved to vacate his convictions for drug-related offenses, see 28 U.S.C. § 2255, claiming that his lawyer was ineffective because he counseled White to plead guilty instead of seeking dismissal of the indictment for a purported violation of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161-74. The district court assumed that the Act was violated, but denied White’s motion on the ground that he did not demonstrate that he was prejudiced by the attorney’s failure to raise the issue. Whether the court’s prejudice analysis comports with Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 106 S.Ct.…